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Thread #36240 Message #1260701
Posted By: Big Jim from Jackson
31-Aug-04 - 10:10 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Fannin Street (Leadbelly)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Leadbelly's Fanin Street
Michael Cooney does a nice version of "Fannin Street" on a recording made for Folk-Legacy. Pete Seeger is quoted as saying that the opening notes of "Fannin Street" are as distinctive as the opening notes of Beetoven's 5th Symphony.